Vargas and Lagola
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Origin | Sweden |
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Years active | 2006–present |
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Website | http://www.vargasandlagola.com/ |
Vargas & Lagola are a Swedish songwriting and production duo of Vincent Pontare and Salem Al Fakir.
They have worked with many artists, including Avicii, Axwell & Ingrosso, David Guetta, Galantis, Madonna and Seinabo Sey. In addition to their songwriting and production work, they release alternative pop music.[1]
Career
[edit]Vincent Pontare and Salem Al Fakir have gone from successful solo artists to Swedish Grammy Award winning songwriters and producers.[2] Among the first co-writes together are Avicii’s 2013 Billboard Hot 100 single "Hey Brother" and "Younger" by Seinabo Sey.[3]
At the 2014 Swedish Grammy Awards Vargas & Lagola and Magnus Lidehäll were awarded Composer of the Year after writing for Veronica Maggio’s album Handen i fickan fast jag bryr mig and the Petter album Början på allt, and work with artists like Galantis.[4] In 2014 they wrote numerous songs on Mapei’s album Hey Hey and Avicii’s "The Days" and "Divine Sorrow" (with Wyclef Jean).[5] Vargas & Lagola followed up with another successful year in 2015 co-writing most songs on Seinabo Sey’s highly acclaimed debut album Pretend and songs for Madonna’s Rebel Heart album.[6][7]
Vargas & Lagola have co-written some of the biggest hits by Axwell Ʌ Ingrosso – "More Than You Know", "Sun Is Shining", "Dreamer" and more - taken from their 2017 album More Than You Know.[8]
The duo have also contributed to two songs on Swedish rock band Ghost's Billboard 200-charting and Grammy Award-nominated album Prequelle, including the album's second single "Dance Macabre" which topped Billboard's Mainstream Rock Chart.[9][10][11]
In 2018, the same moment as Vargas & Lagola blazed onto the alternative pop scene with the hit single "Roads", they shared the no.1 spot as Sweden's most streamed songwriters for songs including Avicii – "Without You (feat. Sandro Cavazza)" and "Waiting For Love".[12] After working closely with Avicii for several years, Al Fakir and Pontare played a key role in finishing up the 2019 posthumous Avicii album TIM and are featured artists on three of the album songs.[13] On 5 December 2019, Vargas & Lagola performed at Avicii’s Tribute Concert in Stockholm.[14]
Vargas & Lagola's debut album The Butterfly Effect was released in January 2020.[15]
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
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SWE [16] | ||
The Butterfly Effect |
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16 [17] |
Mount Alda |
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24 |
Singles
[edit]As lead artist
[edit]Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
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SWE [16] | ||||
"Rolling Stone"[18] | 2017 | — | Non-album single | |
"Dolores (The Awakening)"[19] | — | |||
"As Long As I Have To"[20] | — | |||
"Sun Is Shining (Band of Gold)"[21] | — | |||
"More Than You Know (Acoustic)" (featuring Agnes)[22] |
— | |||
"Roads"[23] | 2018 | 17 |
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"Selfish" | 2019 | — | ||
"Shores" (with Seinabo Sey) |
61 [25] |
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"Since 99" | — | The Butterfly Effect | ||
"Forgot to Be Your Lover" | — | |||
"Somebody That Understands Me" (featuring Ludwig Göransson) |
2020 | — | ||
"Hurts to Be Hurt" | —[A] | |||
"Always" | — | Mount Alda | ||
"Suddenly" | — | |||
"Big Hearted" | 2021 | — |
Notes
- ^ "Hurts to Be Hurt" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number eight on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[26]
As featured artist
[edit]Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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SWE [16] |
US Dance | |||
"Friend of Mine"[27] (Avicii featuring Vargas & Lagola) |
2017 | 5 | 44 | Avīci (01) |
"Lev nu dö sen" (Petter featuring Vargas & Lagola) |
2018 | — | — | Lev nu |
"Peace of Mind" (Avicii featuring Vargas & Lagola) |
2019 | 17 | 22 | TIM |
"Tough Love" (Avicii featuring Agnes, Vargas & Lagola) |
2 | 9 | ||
"Excuse Me Mr. Sir" (Avicii featuring Vargas & Lagola) |
30 | 34 |
Songwriting and production credits
[edit]Year | Artist | Title | Album |
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2012 | Swedish House Mafia | "Save The World" | Until Now |
Sebastian Ingrosso & Tommy Trash | "Reload" | Non-album single | |
Dada Life | "Kick Out The Epic Motherf**ker" | Non-album single | |
Nause | "Hungry Hearts" | Non-album single | |
Avicii | "Silhouettes" | Non-album single | |
2013 | Katy Perry | "Love Me" | Prism |
Avicii | "You Make Me" | True | |
"Hey Brother" | |||
2014 | John Martin | "Anywhere For You" | Non-album single |
Galantis | "Smile" | Galantis (EP) | |
"You" | |||
"Help" | |||
Dada Life | "Born To Rage" | Non-album single | |
"One Smile" | |||
Mapei | "Blame It On Me" | Hey Hey | |
"As 1" | |||
"Second to None" | |||
"Believe" | |||
"Step Up" | |||
"What's Innit 4 Me" | |||
Wyclef Jean | "Divine Sorrow" (featuring Avicii) |
Non-album single | |
Avicii | "The Days" | The Days/Nights | |
David Guetta | "Bang My Head" (with Sia) |
Listen | |
2015 | Madonna | "HeartBreakCity" | Rebel Heart |
"Wash All Over Me" | |||
"Messiah" | |||
"Rebel Heart" | |||
Galantis | "Gold Dust" | Pharmacy | |
"Dancin' To The Sound Of A Broken Heart" | |||
"Kill Em' With The Love" | |||
"Call If You Need Me" | |||
"You" | |||
Avicii | "Waiting For Love" | Stories | |
Seinabo Sey | "Younger" | Pretend | |
"Poetic" | |||
"Hard Time" | |||
"Easy" | |||
"Words" | |||
"Sorry" | |||
"Still" | |||
"Ruin" | |||
"Burial" | |||
"Pistols At Dawn" | |||
2016 | MishCatt | "Another Dimension" | Highlighter |
Miike Snow | "Heart Is Full" | iii | |
2017 | Johnossi | "On A Roll" | Blood Jungle |
Avicii | "Friend Of Mine" (featuring Vargas & Lagola) |
Avīci (01) | |
"Without You" (featuring Sandro Cavazza) | |||
Toby Radall | "Hold Me Down" | ONE. | |
Axwell Λ Ingrosso | "More Than You Know" | More Than You Know | |
"Something New" | |||
"This Time" | |||
"Renegade" | |||
"Sun Is Shining" | |||
"On My Way" | |||
"Dreamer" | |||
Axwell | "Barricade" | ||
2018 | Seinabo Sey | "I Love You" | I'm a Dream |
"Never Get Used To" | |||
"I Owe You Nothing" | |||
"Breathe" | |||
"Good In You" | |||
Ghost | "Dance Macabre" | Prequelle | |
"Life Eternal" | |||
MagnusTheMagnus | "It Don't Impress Me" (featuring Madi Banja) |
Non-album single | |
"Calling" (featuring KIDDO) | |||
David Guetta | "Light Headed" (with Sia) |
7 | |
RØMANS | "Glitter & Gold" | Non-album single | |
Salvatore Ganacci | "Kill A Soundboy" (featuring Nailah Blackman) |
Non-album single | |
2019 | Gryffin | "You Remind Me" (featuring Stanaj) |
Gravity |
Frank Walker & Astrid S | "Only When It Rains" | Non-album single | |
PRETTYMUCH | "Eyes Off You" | Phases - EP | |
Avicii | "Peace Of Mind" (featuring Vargas & Lagola) |
TIM | |
"Tough Love" (featuring Agnes, Vargas & Lagola) | |||
"Excuse Me Mr Sir" (featuring Vargas & Lagola) | |||
Otto Knows | "About You" | Non-album single | |
Ghost | "Kiss The Go-Goat" | Seven Inches of Satanic Panic | |
"Mary On A Cross" | |||
Agnes | "Intro" | Nothing Can Compare | |
"I Trance" | |||
"Not Dangerous" | |||
"Interlude (What Is Wrong)" | |||
"Limelight" | |||
"Interlude (I Like To Sing)" | |||
"Nothing Can Compare" | |||
Mapei | "Ether" | Sensory Overload | |
2020 | Galantis | "Steel" | Church |
"Unless It Hurts" | |||
"Never Felt A Love Like This" (with Hook n Sling featuring Dotan) | |||
Agnes | "Goodlife" | Non-album single |
Songwriting and production credits for local Swedish artists
[edit]Year | Artist | Title | Album |
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2013 | Veronica Maggio | "Sergels torg" | Handen i fickan fast jag bryr mig |
"Jag lovar" | |||
"Hela huset" (featuring Håkan Hellström) | |||
"Va kvar" | |||
"Låtsas som det regnar" | |||
"Hädanefter" | |||
"Dallas" | |||
"Bas gillar hörn" | |||
"I min bil" | |||
Petter | "Mighty" (featuring Newkid) |
Början på allt | |
"Början på allt" (featuring Eye N'I) | |||
"April" | |||
"Håll om mig" (featuring Daniel Adams-Ray) | |||
"Tills döden skiljer oss åt" | |||
"King" (featuring Lilla Namo) | |||
"Maj" | |||
"Arbete" | |||
"Alla vet" (featuring Agnes) | |||
"Fristad" | |||
"Juni" | |||
"Sitter på en dröm" | |||
"Minnen del II" | |||
"Släpp mig fri" | |||
2016 | Veronica Maggio | "Den första är alltid gratis" | Den första är alltid gratis |
"Vi mot världen" | |||
"Pang pang" | |||
2018 | Petter | "Kliv på!" (featuring Eye N'I) |
Lev nu |
"Lev nu dö sen" (featuring Vargas & Lagola) |
Awards and nominations
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Production Duo Vargas & Lagola launch themselves with party-house banger "Rolling Stone"". 27 January 2017 – via www.thelineofbestfit.com.
- ^ "Grammisvinnarna genom åren" (in Swedish) – via www.grammis.se.
- ^ "Avicii Chart History" – via www.billboard.com.
- ^ "Wyclef Jean and Avicii team up for "Divine Sorrow"". 19 November 2014 – via www.mynewsdesk.com/dk.
- ^ "Madonna releases new album 'Rebel Heart'". 9 March 2015 – via www.umusicpub.com/se.
- ^ "Axwell Λ Ingrosso – More Than You Know". 20 October 2017 – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "Kanye West Earns Eight no. 1 album on Billboard 200 Chart with 'Ye'". 6 October 2018 – via www.billboard.com.
- ^ "Ghost Waltzes to Third Mainstream Rock Songs No. 1 With 'Dance Macabre'". 14 February 2019 – via www.billboard.com.
- ^ "GRAMMY Award Results for Ghost" – via www.grammy.com.
- ^ "Vargas & Lagola är de- mest populära låtskrivarna 2017". 23 February 2018 – via www.musikforlaggarna.se.
- ^ Martin, Lauren (6 June 2019). "'I had to honour him': the friends who finished Avicii's final album". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "Avicii Tribute Concert" – via www.aviciitributeconcert.com.
- ^ "ALBUM: Vargas & Lagola - 'The Butterfly Effect'". 4 February 2020 – via www.scandipop.co.uk.
- ^ a b c "Home". sverigetopplistan.se.
- ^ "Veckolista Album, vecka 6". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "Rolling Stone - Single by Vargas & Lagola". iTunes. 27 January 2017.
- ^ "Dolores (The Awakening) - Single by Vargas & Lagola". iTunes. 12 May 2017.
- ^ "As Long as I Have to - Single by Vargas & Lagola". iTunes. 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Sun is Shining (Band of Gold) - Single by Vargas & Lagola". iTunes. 30 June 2017.
- ^ "More Than You Know (Acoustic) [feat. Agnes] - Single by Vargas & Lagola". iTunes. 8 December 2017.
- ^ "Roads - Single by Vargas & Lagola". iTunes. 9 February 2018.
- ^ http://www.sverigetopplistan.se (Click "search all records" and view 17 February 2017. Then click "visa" on "I Love You")
- ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 39". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 6". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "AVĪCI (01) - EP by Avicii". iTunes. 11 August 2017.
- ^ "Nominated 2014" (in Swedish).
- ^ "Nominerade till Musikförläggarnas Pris 2014" (in Swedish). 29 September 2014.
- ^ "Nominated 2015" (in Swedish).
- ^ "Nominerade till Musikförläggarnas Pris 2015" (in Swedish). 28 September 2015.
- ^ "Nominated 2016" (in Swedish).
- ^ "Nominated 2018" (in Swedish).
- ^ "Årets vinnare på Musikförläggarnas Pris" (in Swedish). 9 November 2018.
- ^ "Nominerade till Musikförläggarnas Pris 2018" (in Swedish). 5 October 2018.
- ^ "Årets tio mest spelade låtar 2018" (in Swedish).
- ^ a b "Nominated 2020" (in Swedish).